Oscar-nominated actor Jonah Hill is set to turn his hand to directing, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that he’s set to helm the coming of age comedy-drama Mid ’90s, which he has also written. The film will tell the story of “a group of California teens who are trying to navigate drinking, drugs, fighting, sex, […]
Greg Grunberg and J.J. Abrams teaming up for Dream Jumper adaptation
Variety is reporting that Paramount has snapped up the rights to Greg Grunberg’s two-part graphic novel Dream Jumper, with Variety reporting that Grunberg is teaming up with his good pal and Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams to produce the adaptation. The story “follows a boy who discovers he can jump into other […]
AMC locks down spoiler page ahead of season finale of The Walking Dead
Tai Freligh dips into the wild west of spoilers for tonight’s season six finale of The Walking Dead… **Warning…potential spoilers ahead for tonight’s season finale of The Walking Dead, so go no further lest ye be spoiled!** Ever since it was announced that uber villain Negan would make his appearance on the finale of season […]
Batman v Superman surpasses Man of Steel at the box office, but falling sharply around the world
After enjoying the biggest-ever opening weekend for a superhero movie, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has found it tough going at the box office in its second weekend. Domestically, the Zack Snyder directed superhero epic suffered a 68% drop, earning $52.4 million over the Friday to Sunday period to push its North American haul […]
Deadpool overtakes X-Men: Days of Future Past to become highest-grossing X-Men movie of all time
Last week Deadpool claimed the record as the biggest R-rated movie of all time, and now the Ryan Reynolds-headlined film has reached another milestone, overtaking X-Men: Days of Future past to become the highest-grossing instalment of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise. Deadpool has pushed its worldwide total to $749.9 million this weekend, surpassing the $747.9 million that […]
Akiva Goldsman writing The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep
It looks like Warner Bros. has decided to press ahead with its plans to adapt Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep, with The Tracking Board reporting that Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman has been set to write the script for the sequel to The Shining. Doctor Sleep picks up some years after the events at the Overlook Hotel, […]
Star Wars Rebels’ Dave Filoni thinks Captain Rex appears in Return of the Jedi
During a Q&A after a screening of the Star Wars Rebels season two finale ‘Twilight of the Apprentice’, showrunner Dave Filoni has lent his support to a popular fan theory suggesting that The Clone Wars and Rebels‘ Captain Rex makes an appearance during the Battle of Endor in 1983’s Return of the Jedi. “I think the one […]
Tom Hiddleston says Kong: Skull Island will be “spectacular and epic”
King Kong is set to return to the big screen next year courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ Kong: Skull Island, and Tom Hiddleston has been speaking about the upcoming monster movie during a chat with Entertainment Weekly, describing the film as “spectacular and epic.” “We’re done [filming]. We were in Hawaii, Australia, […]
Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin returning for Sicario 2
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the producers behind last year’s acclaimed crime drama Sicario have revealed that development is underway on a sequel, which will reunite stars Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin. “We’re in full development with the studio. I just got a draft [of a script from writer Taylor […]
Shawn Levy to remake Starman
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that director Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Real Steel) has signed on to direct a remake of the 1984 sci-fi romance Starman, which will be scripted by Arash Amel (Grace of Monaco). Directed by John Carpenter, the original movie starred Jeff Bridges as an alien who comes to Earth […]
